456 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



superantes. Anthela composita laxa 6 — 10-radiata, radii ad 6 cm longi rigidnli subcompressi. 

 Anthelulae satis densae corymbosae. Spicae late globosae vel hemisphaericae densae 

 5 — 10-spiculosae 8 — 12 mm diam. subsessiles vel breves. Spiculae patentes late oblongae 

 4 — 8 mm longae 2 — 2^4 mm latae quasi pinnatae subcompressae 8 — 16-florae. Rhachilla 

 anguste alata. Squamae remotiusculae patulae vix 2 mm longae ellipticae obtusae saepe 

 breviter mucronatae rufae vel stramineae 9-nerviae. Stamina 3. Stigmata 3 exserta. 

 Nux squamam subaequans vel paullo superans oblonga trigona brunnea apice obtusa. 



Nordaustralien: Nordküste (R. Brown n. 5899! in Herb. mus. brit.); Sweers 

 Island (Henne! in Herb. Kew.). 



426. C. fulvus R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. HoU. (1810) 215; Kunth, I.e. 111; Steud. 

 1. c. 53; F. Muell. Fragm. VIII. (1874) 268; Benth. Fl, austral. VII. (1878) 274; Moore, 

 Handb. Fl. N.S.Wales (1893) 448; Bailey, Queensl. Fl. VI. (1902) 1742. — C. Sieberi 

 Kunth, Enum. pl. II. (1837) 96; Steud. 1. c. 51 ; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 608. — 

 Mariscus fulvus C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 18 et Illustr. Gyp. 

 (1909) t. XXX, flg. 7—8; Domin, 1. c. 443. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Culmus 10 ad 

 30 cm altus rigidulus triangularis laevis basi incrassata vaginis latis brunneis multinervosis 

 tectus. Folia conferta culmo plerumque breviora rigida 4 mm lata carinato-complicata 

 septato-nodulosa marginibus carinaque scaberrima longe acuminata. Bracteae 4 — 5 pa- 

 tentes demum reflexae, inferiores 2 anthelam superantes. Anthela composita vel simplex 

 5 — 10-radiata, radii inaequales ad 4 cm longi firmuli patentes, e prophyllis longis tubu- 

 losis pallidis ore truncatis emergentes, apice saepe pauciramosi, radioli nulli vel brevissimi 

 divaricati. Spicae globosae vel hemisphaericae 6 — 10 mm diam. densae. Spiculae 6 ad 

 12-nim congestae radiantes oblongo-lanceolatae 4 — 6 mm longae 2 mm latae parum com- 

 pressae 6 — 10-florae. Rhachilla subexalata. Squamae remotiusculae demum patulae 

 rigidulae ovatae obtusae 2 mm longae sub apice brevissime mucronatae viridi-carinatae 

 lateribüs fulvae vel rufae nitidulae 7-nervosae marginibus involventes. Stamina 3, an- 

 therae lineares. Stylus profunde trifidus. Nux squamam subaequans vel i/g brevior sub- 

 obovato-oblonga trigona conico-apiculata fusco-lutea dense punctulata. 



Australisches Gebiet: An Flußufern und feuchten Plätzen . Queensland : 

 Ostküste (R. Brown n. 5904! p.p. in Herb. Kew., 5905! in Herb. mus. brit.); RiJck- 

 hampton (A. Dietrich n. 710!); Townsville (Warburg n. 19620!); Brisbane (B.J- 

 ley !). Neu- Süd-Wales: ohne Ortsangabe (Sieber n. 630!); New Castle (G. Caley 

 n. 555!); Georges Creek (Boorman!); Orange (Boorman!); Jennings (Maiden 

 und Boorman!). Süd-Australien: Everard und Musgrave Ranges (nach Black); 

 Charlotte Waters (Giles, nach Bentham); zwischen Youldeh und Elizabeth (Giles!); 

 Finke-River (Kempe n. 459!). 



var. ß. confusus (C. B. Clarke) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Mariscus fulvus var. con- 

 fusus C. B. Clarke in sched.; Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 444. — Anthela 

 amplior. Spiculae longiores 9 — 15 mm longae 2^4 mm latae pluriflorae. Squamae 

 longiores quam in forma typica. 



Queensland: Gracemere (O'Shanesy !). Neu- Süd-Wales: Richmond-River (Dan- 

 ger!); Shoalhaven Gullies (C. Moore!); Tenterfield (C. Stuart!). 



var. y. canescens (C. B. Clarke) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Mariscus fulvus var. 

 canescens C. B. Clarke in sched.; Domin, 1. c. 444. — Anthela subcomposita. Spiculae 

 10 mm longae 8 — 10-florae. Squamae laxius dispositae tenuiores brunneo-canescentes 

 valide nervosae. 



Queensland: King's Creek (Bowman!); Port Denison (Fitzalan!); Cap York 

 (MacGillivray n. 510!). 



var. ö. viscidus Kükenth. var. nova. — Culmus, saepe etiam folia et vaginae vis- 

 cida. Culmus acutangulus, angulis scaberrimus. Folia marginibus remote et grosse 

 denticulata. Spiculae pauciores, unde anthela laxior. 



Neu- Süd-Wales: anscheinend häufig; Bowan Park (W. J. Blakely !); Bogan Gate 

 (Boorman!); Narrabri (Maiden!); Ashford (E. M. Hayes !); Warialda (Boorman !); 



